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Permalink to 5 Songs with Unique Guitar Tunings

Jul 28 2023, 3:00 PM

5 Songs with Unique Guitar Tunings

Alternate tunings have long been used to spark tasteful melodies and craft ear-catching, complex chords. And though blues, folk, metal, and hard-rock guitarists popularized the use of common alternate tunings like... Read more »

Permalink to Best Guitar Pedals for Beginners

May 30 2023, 4:00 PM

Best Guitar Pedals for Beginners

Building your first pedalboard can be overwhelming. But Sweetwater has your back. This list compiles our favorite pedals in seven categories to help you sift through the endless sea of offerings and get straight to... Read more »

Permalink to Using Hardware Effects with Keyboards & Synths

Apr 11 2023, 8:00 AM

Using Hardware Effects with Keyboards & Synths

Though DAWs and digital interfacing can open a world of sonic opportunities, one unavoidable truth tempts us to dispel all of those conveniences. There's something about the tactile experience of hardware... Read more »

Permalink to Why the Tube Screamer Rules

Oct 22 2022, 10:00 AM

Why the Tube Screamer Rules

In the oversaturated world of guitar pedals, the Ibanez Tube Screamer stands alone. Sweetwater's Nick Bowcott walks us through the crunchy history of the legendary TS808 and TS9. Whether it's used to re-create the... Read more »

Permalink to 27 Tube Screamer-style Pedals Compared – Which Is Right for You?

Jul 10 2022, 9:22 AM

27 Tube Screamer-style Pedals Compared – Which Is Right for You?

There's quite a story and a lot of history, both fact and conjecture, around the little, green overdrive pedal designed by Susumu Tamura of the Maxon company in the late 1970s. Originally intended to compete with... Read more »

Permalink to Cable Management for Pedalboards

May 9 2022, 10:00 AM

Cable Management for Pedalboards

Building a pedalboard is fairly easy. You take an armful of your favorite stompboxes and put them on a board, wire them up, and usually, it's enough to get by. Building a clean pedalboard, however, is not so easy... Read more »

Permalink to 5 Tips for Stacking Distortion Pedals

Apr 26 2022, 8:00 AM

5 Tips for Stacking Distortion Pedals

Have you ever used more than one distortion pedal at a time? If so, you've officially stacked — it's that easy. Depending on your pedals and settings, your experiments may have met with mixed results, but the basic... Read more »

Permalink to How Many Distortion Pedals Do You Really Need?

Aug 19 2021, 8:00 AM

How Many Distortion Pedals Do You Really Need?

Ah, yes, the eternal, burning question practically all guitarists and bassists face during their playing endeavors. Those of you familiar with distortion pedals probably have at least one overdrive on your... Read more »

Permalink to Jared James Nichols’s Pedalboard: What’s on Your Pedalboard?

Apr 20 2021, 1:29 PM

Jared James Nichols’s Pedalboard: What’s on Your Pedalboard?

More videos like Jared James Nichols: What's on Your Pedalboard? 👉 Shop for the Epiphone Jared James Nichols Gold Glory Les Paul Custom at Sweetwater 👉 Shop for the Blackstar Jared James Signature 20 tube combo at... Read more »

Permalink to How to Use Distortion Pedals: 3 Easy Tips

Jul 6 2020, 2:00 PM

How to Use Distortion Pedals: 3 Easy Tips

More videos like How to Use Distortion Pedals: 3 Easy Tips 👉 Shop Distortion Pedals at Sweetwater 👉 Shop for the Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer at Sweetwater 👉 Shop for the JHS Angry Charlie V3 at Sweetwater 👉 When you... Read more »

Permalink to Pedal Tips for Creating Tight Metal Tones

Oct 1 2019, 8:00 AM

Pedal Tips for Creating Tight Metal Tones

Using distortion, overdrive, and boost pedals to push an already distorted amp "over the edge." Welcome to the wonderful world of "front-ending" an amp… It will probably come as no surprise that the biggest-selling... Read more »

Permalink to Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Overdrive Pedal Demo

Jun 5 2014, 2:40 AM

Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Overdrive Pedal Demo

Get the TS9 Tube Screamer here: Don Carr, Sweetwater Content Specialist, demonstrates the TS9 Tube Screamer overdrive pedal. Enjoy the demo, then click the link above for even more info on the TS9 Tube Screamer!

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